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OTHER RITES AND 

CEREMONIES 





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OTHER RITES AND 
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MILWAUKEE : 

THE YOUNG CHURCHMAN CO. 
1898. 



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Copyright, 1893, 
By the Young Churchman Co. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

1. A Form op Thanksgiving for Harvest Home, . 5 

2. A Form of Laying the Corner-Stone of a 

New Church or Chapel, 7 

3. A Form for the Opening and Blessing of a 

Church or Chapel, 13 

4. A Form of Consecration op a Burial Grount), 17 

5. A Form for Re-Opening a Church after Res- 

toration OR Improvements, . . . .21 

6. A Form of Removing the Consecration prom a 

Church, .24 

7. A Form and Manner of Admitting Lay Read- 

ers, 30 

S. A Form for the Inauguration of a New Or- 
gan, 34 

9. A Proper Collect, Epistle and Gospel, . . 36 

10. Forms for the Blessing of Divers Objects, . 3 

11. A Form for a Sentence of Degradation, . . 41 



COMMENDATORY. 



HE title of this Book well describes its 



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cese. It is compiled and arranged by a de- 
voted Priest of the American Church, widely 
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lore. I am glad to recommend its use, first 
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Shepherd has placed me, to represent Him 
to this portion of His people. And perhaps 
from this, it will not be reckoned an intru- 
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to others of the Bishops and reverend clergy 
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the Holy Ghost has made us ministers and 
overseers. 





Milwaukee, 

All Saints' Day : 1893. 



A FORM OF 



THANKSGIVmG FOE HARVEST-HOME. 



'^l This Service shall not he- used upon the day appointed 
for Annual Thanksgiving. 

T The Sentence of Holy Scripture at Morning Prayer shall 
he: 

Jesus said, I am the living bread which came down 
from heaven : if any man eat of this bread he shall live 
forever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which 
I will give for the life of the world.— 5 1 John vi. 51. 

The Proper Psalms. Ps. 4, 23. 

The Proper Lessons. First. Deut. xi., v. 10-22. 

Second. 1 Cor. xi., v. 23. 

•[ Among the Prayers after the Collect for Grace shall he 
said this that followeth. 

Almighty God, whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus 
Christ hath left us under the forms of the fruits of the 
earth a memorial of his Passion ; Grant us so to receive 
those holy mysteries that not only our bodies may be fed 
with these temporal fruits^ for which we give thee 
thanks to-day, but also our souls with the heavenly food 
of his most blessed Body and Blood, which shall endure 
unto everlasting life. Through the same thy Son Jesus 
Christ, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all 
honour and glory, both now and for evermore. Amen, 

The Collect. 

God, who out of the abundance of thy goodness 
pourest down thy gifts upon the children of men; Grant 
us, we beseech thee, so to use the fruits of earth in this 



6 THE BOOK OF OTHER EITES AXD CEEEM0XIE9. 

time present, that they may bring us on our way to 
the heaveniy country ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Deut. xvi. 13. 

Moses said to the children of Israel : Thou shalt 
observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that 
thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine : And thou 
shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and 
the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the 
widow, that are within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou 
keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place 
which the Lord shall choose ; because the Lord thy God 
shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works 
of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 

The Gdspel. St. Luke xii. 15. 

And at that time Jesus said to his disciples, Take 
heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man's life con- 
sisteth not in the abundance of the things which he pos- 
sesseth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The 
ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully : 
and he thought within himself, saying. What shall I do, 
because I have no room where to bestow my fruits ? And 
he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and 
build greater ; and there will T bestow all my fruits and 
my goods. And I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast 
much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, 
drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, 
this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose 
shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? So is 
he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich 
toward God. 

The Offertory Sentence. 

Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise 
thy glorious name. All things come of thee and of thine 
own have we given thee. 

The Post-Communion. 

•y To be said immecliatehj before the Blessing. 

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that as we thank thee 
in these holy mysteries for the fruits of the earth, which 
in thy mercy thou hast bestowed upon us, so by the same 
holy mysteries we may be meet to obtain thy greater 
blessings ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



A FORM OF 



LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF A 
NEW CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 



^ This Service may he performed {if tJie Bishop so appoint) 
by any Priest having a license therefor, which shall he 
given in the following words: 

We, iV., by divine permission Bishop of N., do grant our 
license and authority to our well-beloved in Christ, N., a 
Priest of our diocese, in our stead to bless and open for 
the public worship of Almighty God 

Given under our hand this day of , 

being in the year of our Lord one 

thousand 

and of our episcopate the 

^ The Bishop with the Clergy shall go to the place where 
the stone is to he laid, and as they go they shall say 
alternately Quam dilecta [Psalm 84) with the Gloria 
Patri, or else it or some proper Hymn shall he sung. 

Psalm 84. Quam dilecta! 

O how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts ! 

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the 
courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the 
living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the 
swallow a nest, where she may lay her young : even thy 
altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be 
always praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose 
heart are thy ways. 

Who going through the vale of misery use it for a 
well : and the pools are filled with water. 



8 THE BOOK OP OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 

They will go from strength to strength : and unto the 
God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 

Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken, O God 
of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our defender : and look upon the face 
of thine anointed. 

For one day in thy courts : is better than a thousand. 

1 had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God : 
than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord 
will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he 
withhold from them that live a godly life. 

O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth 
his trust in thee. 



•[[ WJien they he come to the appointed place the Bishop 
shall say : ^ 

Our help is in the Name of the Lord ; 

Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. 

Bishop. Blessed be the Name of the Lord, 

Answer. Henceforth, world without end. 

Bishop. The same stone which the builders refused. 

Answer. Is become the head-stone in the corner. 

Bishop. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost. 

Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

The Bishop. 
Let us pray. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, 8on of the living God, very and 
eternal God, the brightness of the Father's glory and the 
express image of his Person, who art the true Corner 
Stone cut without hands from the rock and a foundation 
which cannot be moved ; stablish, O Lord, this stone now 
to be placed in thy Name. And of this work which we 
now begin to the praise and glory of thy holy Name, be 
thou (who art the beginning and the ending, and by 
whom in the beginning God created all things), the be- 
ginning, the increase, and the consummation ; who with 
the Father and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest one 
God, world without end. Amen. 



LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF A NEW CHURCH. 9 

^[ Then shall he mark the stone on each side with the 
trowel with the sign of the cross, saying : 

In the Name of the Father, and of the 8on, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 

O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God, 
vouchsafe to bless and consecrate this stone for the foun- 
dation of a Church in honour of ; 

And grant that whosoever, with pure mind, shall assist 
in the building of the same by the work of his hands, or 
by the offering of his substance, may obtain health of 
body and grace of soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

^ Then shall follow this Anthem, or else shall he sung a 
proper Hymn : 

Jacob rose up early in the morning and set up the 
stone for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it and 
vowed a vow unto the Lord. Surely the Lord is in this 
place and I knew it not. 

IT And after that Nisi Dominus {Psalm 121), 

Except the Lord build the house : their labour is but 
lost that build it. 

Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh 
but in vain. 

It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and 
so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness : for so 
he giveth his beloved sleep. 

Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb : are an heri- 
tage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 

Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant : even so 
are the young children. 

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : 
they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their 
enemies in the gate. 

^ Then shall the Bishop touch the stone and place it in the 
foundation, saying : 

In the faith of Jesus Christ we place this corner stone ; 
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost, that here true faith with the fear of God and 
brotherly love may for ever flourish and abound ; and 



10 THE BOOK OP OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 

that this place may be a House of Prayer for all time to 
come, to the glory and praise of the same our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth 
and reigneth ever, one God, world without end. Amen. 

*r Then shall follow Miserere (Psalm 51) with the Gloria 
Patri, or else a proper Hymn or Anthem. 

Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness : 
according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine 
offences. 

Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse 
me from my sin. 

For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever be- 
fore me. 

Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in 
thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy saying^ 
and clear when thou art judged. 

Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath 
my mother conceived me. 

But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts : and 
Shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 

Thou Shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : 
thou Shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Thou Shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that 
the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my mis- 
deeds. 

Make me a clean heart, O God : and renew a right 
spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not 
thy holy Spirit from me. 

give me the comfort of thy help again : and stablish 
me with thy free Spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked : and sin- 
ners shall be converted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God, thou that art 
the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy 
righteousness. 

Thou Shalt open my lips, O Lord : and my mouth shall 
show thy praise. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it 
thee : but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and 
contrite heart, God, shalt thou not despise. 

O be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build thou 
the walls of Jerusalem. 

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of right- 
eousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations : then 
shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. 



LAYING THE COENER STONE OF A NEW CHURCH. 11 

^[ Here may he made an address by the Bishop {or by some 
person appointed by him), after which may be sung a 
Hymn. 

^ Then shall the Bishop say : 
Let us pray. 

Blessed be thy name, O Lord, that it hath pleased thee 
to put it into the hearts of these thy servants to build an 
house for thy service, in vt^hich thy Holy Name shall be 
worshipped, the message of reconciliation proclaimed, 
and the ordinances and sacraments of the Gospel duly 
administered. Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to prosper 
this their undertaking, O prosper thou their handiwork. 
Give to them unity of counsel, firmness of purpose, and 
an earnest zeal for the advancement of thy glory and the 
spread and increase of thy Holy Church ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. A7nen. 

O Lord God Almighty, who art the Author and Source 
of all wisdom, we give thee hearty thanks for all our 
friends and benefactors, and for all those through whose 
charity the walls of this thine house are about to arise. 
Remember this to them, O Lord, for good. Bless them in 
their going out and coming in, in mind and in body, in 
spirit, soul, and estate. Be with them in the hour of 
death, and in the day of judgment, and at the last take 
them to thyself forever, for his sake who died and was 
buried and rose again, Jesus Christ, our only Mediator 
and Advocate. Amen. 

O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the 
foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ 
himself being the head corner-stone ; Grant us so to be 
joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that 
we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most 
gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help, 
that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, 
we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy 
obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, 



12 THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 



who hath taught us to pray unto thee, O Almighty Father, 
in his prevailing Name and words, 

^ Then shall he said hy the Bishop and people : 

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is 
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation; Bat deliver 
us from evil. Amen. 

^ Then the Bishop shall let them depart with this blessing : 

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, 
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love 
of God, and of' his Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And the 
Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. 
Amen. 



A FORM FOR THE 



OPENINa AND BLESSma OF A 
CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 



■[T This Service is to he used for a building which cannot he 
consecrated on account of deht or other just impediment, 
and may he performed {if the Bishop so appoint) hy 
any Priest having a license therefor, which shall he 
given in the usual form as hefore provided, which form 
the Bishop will use in gi^anting all similar licenses. 

IT The Bishop shall he received at the main entrance of the 
Church or Chapel hy the Rector, Wardens, and other 
persons appointed for that purpose, and standing 
there shall say {the people all kneeling) : 

Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most 
gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; 
that in all our w^orks begun, continued, and ended in thee, 
we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, 
obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

O Lord God, who dost vouchsafe to have thy dwelling 
upon earth in houses built for the worship of thy Name, 
though the heavens and earth cannot contain thee ; We 
beseech thee that, mindful of the work and labour of all 
thy Saints, thou wouldest visit this place erected to thy 
glory and in honour of IS . Cleanse it, by thy grace, from all 
defilements, and ever keep it pure and without spot ; And 
as thou didst crown the pious desires of David thy ser- 
vant in the work of Solomon his son, so do thou of thy 
great goodness fulfil our mind in driving hence all spirit- 
ual wickedness ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom 
with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, 
world without end. Amen. 

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14 THE BOOK OF OTHER EITES AXD CEREMOXIES. 



^ Then the Bishop and the other Clergy shall go up the 
aisle of the Church or Chapel to the Altar, saying the 
Litany as they go, and when they he come to their plaxies 
in the Chancel, all kneel down, the Officiant before the 
Holy TahU. 

*[ After the last Suffrage, That it may please thee to give 
us true repentance, the Officiant shall stand up and say 
the proper Suffrage, as followeth : 

That it may please thee to cleanse and bless this Church 
and Altar to thine honour in the name of N. 
We beseech thee to hear u^', good Lord. 

•y And the proper Suffrage being said, the Bishop) shall 
kneel again until the Lord's Prayer is done, when he 
shall stand und say : 

Let us pray. 

May thy loving mercy. O Lord, ever prevent us, and, 
having respect to the prayers of thine elect, may thy gra- 
cious compassion outstrip our petitions ; through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

O God, make speed to save us. 

Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. 

Bishop. Glory he to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost. 

Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Bishop). 
Let us pray. 

O Almighty and merciful God, who hast bestowed upon 
thy priesthood this excellent gift, that whatsoever in thy 
Name they do rightly here upon earth is done of thee also 
in heaven ; TTe beseech thee of thine infinite mercy that 
thou wouldest now come to this house. Do thou bless, as 
we also are come hither to bless. And grant that the host 
of evil may be put to flight and the Angel of peace may 
find here his resting place ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 



OPENING AND BLESSING OF A CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 15 

^ Then shall he said alternately hy the Bishop and people, 
or else shall he sung {all standing), the follotoing Psalms 
with the Gloria Patri after each, and the meanwhile 
{if it he convenient) the Wardens and others, with the 
Clergy, shall go in procession round the Church and 
return again to the Chancel. 

Psalm 120. Ad Dominum. 

When I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord : and 
he heard me. 

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips : and from a 
deceitful tongue. 

What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou 
false tongue : even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot 
burning coals. 

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with 
Mesech : and to have my habitation among the tents of 
Kedar ! 

My soul hath long dwelt among them : that are ene- 
mies unto peace. 

I labour for peace ; but when I speak unto them 
thereof : they make them ready to battle. 

Psalm 121. Levavi ocidos. 

I will lift mine eyes unto the hills : from whence Com- 
eth my help. 

My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made 
heaven and earth. 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that 
keepeth thee will not sleep. 

Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slumber 
nor sleep. 

The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy de- 
fence upon thy right hand ; 

So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither 
the moon by night. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is 
even he that shall keep thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming- 
in : from this time forth for evermore. 



Psalm 122. Lcetatus sum. 

I was glad when they said unto me : We will go into 
the house of the Lord. 

Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem. 
Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. 
For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the 



16 THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 

Lord ; to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the 
i^ame of the Lord. 

For there is the seat of judgment : even the seat of 
the house of David. 

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper 
that love thee. 

Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within 
thy palaces. 

For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will wish 
thee prosperity. 

Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God : I will 
seek to do thee good. 

•!T Then the Bishop, standing before the Holy Table as be- 
fore, shall say {all the people kneeling): 

Let us pray. 

O God, who dost sanctify places set apart to the glory 
of thy i^ame, pour down thy grace upon this house of 
prayer ; that all they who in this place make their suppli- 
cations unto thee, may obtain thy merciful aid and pro- 
tection ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ame7i. 

^ Then shall be sung an Hymn or Anthem, and {if the 
Service be in the morning) the Holy Communion shall 
be celebrated for the first time in the building, the Col- 
lect, Epistle and Gospel being those of the day, or {if the 
Church be dedicated under the name of some Saint) of 
All Saints' Bay. 

^ A Church thus blessed, whether by a Priest or by the 
Bishop in person, must nevertheless be duly consecrated 
when that shall become possible. 



A FORM OF 



CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL- 
GROUND. 



^ The Bishop shall he received at the entrance of the Grave- 
yard hy the Rector, Wardens, and other officers of the 
Parish, toho shall precede him to an appointed place as 
nearly as may he at the middle of the Cemetery. 

*r When they he come to the place, the Clerli of the Vestry, 
or other fit person, sho2l read the request for the Conse- 
cration of the ground, as follows : 

In the name of the Rector, Church-wardens and Vestry- 
men of N. Parish in N., Right Reverend Father in God, I 
present unto you this parcel of ground for a burying-place, 
with an humble suit to you, as God's minister, the Bishop 
and Ordinary of this Diocese, in God's stead to accept this 
offering, which is free from all debt and encumbrance 
whatever, and to decree this ground severed from all 
former common and profane uses, and to dedicate and 
consecrate it to be a cemetery, as aforesaid, wherein the 
bodies of Christian folk may be laid up until the day of 
the general Resurrection ; promising that we will ever 
so hold it for holy ground, and use it accordingly, applying 
it to no other use but that only, and that we will from 
time to time, and ever hereafter, as need shall be, see it 
conveniently repaired and fenced about in such sort as a 
burymg-place ought to be. 

^ Then shall the Bishop address the people in the folloio- 
ing or like loords : 

Dearly beloved in the Lord ; forasmuch as devout and 
holy men under the Gospel, moved either by the secret 
inspiration of the Blessed Spirit, or by their own reason 

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18 THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 

and sense of order and decency, have set apart peculiar 
places where the bodies of those who die in the faith of 
Christ might rest in peace until the general Resurrection 
at the last day ; which pious works have been graciously 
accepted by our Heavenly Father ; Let us not doubt but 
that he will favourably approve our present purpose of 
setting apart and consecrating this place in like manner ; 
and let us faithfully and devoutly invoke his blessing on 
this our undertaking. 

Let us pray. 

Lord have mercy upon us 

Answer. Christ have mercy upon us. 

The Bishop. Lord have mercy upon us. 

■J Then shall he said hy the Bishop and people the Lord's 
Prayer,' 

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is 
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver 
us from evil. Amen. 

^ Then the Bishop and Clergy shall say alternately with 
the people, or else shall he sung the Miserere {Psalm 51) 
with the Gloria Patri, and the meanwhile {if it may 
conveniently he done) they shall proceed round the 
ground. 

^ When they he returned to their appointed place the 
Bishop shall say these Prayers folloioing : 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

The Bishop. 
Let us pray. 

O God, the creator of the world and the redeemer of 
mankind, in whose hands are all thy creatures, both visi- 
ble and invisible ; We pray thee with a pious heart and an 
humble voice that thou wouldest vouchsafe to bless and 
sanctify this ground for the repose of the bodies of thy 



CONSECRATION 0¥ A BUBIAL-GIIOUND. 



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servants who shall here be laid to rest, after having run 
the course of this present life ; And grant that we with 
them may at the last day attain our perfect consumma- 
tion and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and 
everlasting Kingdom ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Assist us mercifully, Lord, in these our supplica- 
tions and prayers, and sanctify this place through our un- 
worthy ministry ; and as thou didst bless the sepulchre 
of our Fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and didst thy- 
self, after thy betrayal, scourging, and crucirixion for our 
salvation, sanctify the sepulchre of Joseph of Aramathea : 
so now vouchsafe to bless and consecrate this cemetery 
and to have it evermore in thy holy keeping. And grant 
that all who here in body rest from their labours may 
have a glorious resurrection to eternal life, through thy 
merits, O Blessed Jesus, who with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost livest and reignest ever, one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

yi Here may he sung a Hyinn or Anthem. 

^ Then shall he read hy the Chancellor, or hy so7ne other 
fit person appointed hy the Bishop, the Sientence of Con- 
secration, asfolloweth : 

In the JSTame of God, Amen. Whereas, we, N., by 
divine permission Bishop of iV., have separated this piece 
of land from all common and profane uses, and by our 
authority as Bishop of this Diocese have assigned it for a 
burial-place for the Parish of iV., in N.; and, moreover, 
have consecrated it to the aforesaid use ; now, therefore, 
we do declare it to be so assigned, dedicated, and conse- 
crated forever, and we do grant unto it all the accustomed 
privileges and immunities. 

Given under our Episcopal hand and seal this 

day of , being , 

in the year of our Lord one thousand 

and of our episcopate the 

"[[ Then the Bishop shall say : 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 



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THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 



The Bishop. 
Let us pray. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art the Resurrection and 
the Life, in whora, if we believe, though we be dead yet 
shall we live, who by thy death hast overcome death, and 
by thy rising again hast opened to us the gate of ever- 
lasting life, who Shalt send thine Angels and gather the 
bodies of thine elect from all the ends of the earth, and 
especially those who, by a mystical union, are flesh of thy 
flesh and in whose hearts thou hast dwelt by faith ; We 
humbly beseech thee for them, whose bodies shall in this 
place be gathered to their fathers, that they may rest in 
this hope of Eesurrection to eternal life through thee, O 
blessed Lord God, who shalt change their vile bodies, that 
they may be like thy glorious body according to the 
mighty working whereby thou art able to bring all 
things, even death, into subjection to thyself, who livest 
and reignest God, world without end. Amen. 

The God of peace, who brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep 
through the blood of the everlasting covenant ; Make 
you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in 
you that which is well pleasing in his sight ; that at the 
last you may have, with all that lie in this place, a joyful 
resurrection to eternal life, through the same Jesus Christ, 
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 



A FORM FOR 



RE-OPENma A CHURCH AFTER RES- 
TORATION OR IMPROVEMENTS. 



^ The Bishop {or Priest) shall enter the Church by the mairb 
door and shall there he met hy the Wardens and other -fit 
persons, who shall precede him to the Chancel, and as they 
go shall he said alternatively, or else sung, the following 
Psalm : 

Quam dilecta. Psalm 84. 

O how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts ! 

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the 
courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the 
living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the 
swallow a nest, where she may lay her young : even thy 
altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be 
alway praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose 
heart are thy ways. 

Who going through the vale of misery use it for a 
well : and the pools are filled with water. 

They will go from strength to strength : and unto the 
God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 

Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken, O God 
of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our defender : and took upon the face 
of thine anointed. 

For one day in thy courts : is better than a thousands 

1 had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God : 
than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord 
will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he 
withhold from them that live a godly life. 

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THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 



O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth 
his trust in thee. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy 
Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : 
world without end. Amen. 

The Officiant shall stand hefore the Altar at the foot of 
the steps and, turning to the people, shall say : 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

If Then he shall turn to the Holy Table and say : 

Let us pray. 

^ Here the people shall kneel. 

O Lord God Almighty, who inhabitest eternity and 
yet humblest thyself to dwell in Houses built by the 
hands of sinful men, we praise thy Holy ^N'ame that thou 
hast put it into the hearts of thy ser- 
vants to adorn, make new, and beautify j^eaMedmlh vSr- 
this Church,* that it may set forth the ucuiarsastheocea- 
, , n , T 1. J. sion may demand, 

beauty of holiness to them that wor- especially in the 

ship here ; And we pray thee that thou chSorVezX 
wouldest vouchsafe to remember this 
to them for good and forget not thou their work and 
labour that proceedeth of love ; but bestow thy rewards 
upon them both in this life which now is and also in that 
which is to come. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

^ If there he any objects which have been newly placed in 
the Church and which require blessing, the Bishop may 
then proceed to bless them separately, if he so elect, ac- 
cording to the form provided. 

^ All which being done, shall be said or sung Te Deum. 

IT // the Holy Communion be celebrated at that time, the 
Collect, Epistle and Gospel shall be the same as are ap- 
pointed for Trinity Sunday and the Proper Preface 
shall be used. 



RE-OPENING A CHURCH AFTER RESTORATION. 



23 



IT If this Service for any reason be used after noon, Even- 
ing Prayer shall immediately follow Te Deum and the 
proper Psalms shall he : 

Psalms 148, 149, 150. 
Proper Lessons. First, Baruch v. 

Second. Heb. ix. to v. 13. 



A FORM OF 



REMOVma THE CONSECRATION 
FROM A CHURCH. 



^ A Church which has not been consecrated hy the Bishop 
hut only opened with Benediction does not require any 
Service to he said if afterwards it is sold or otherwise 
disposed of, and diverted from its use as a Church, hut 
if a consecrated Church for any reason must he de- 
voted to profane and secular purposes, then shall he said 
hy the Bishop this Service following. 

^ The Altar shall he taken down and removed reverently 
to some other proper huilding, and care shall he taken 
that until it he again used, it he properly protected from 
desecration. 

*^ At the time appointed the Bishop, sitting in his chair 
on the spot where the Holy Tahle stood and facing the 
people, shall address them in these words following : 

Dearly beloved, we have called you hither that ye 
may understand how it cometh to pass that this house, 
which by our Episcopal Authority we did consecrate and 
separate for ever from all worldly uses, is now to be 
abandoned and again returned to the world from which 
it was taken. We grieve that such should be the case, 
but ye must ever remember that to this step we are 
moved through no worldly nor other unworthy motive, 
but solely from necessity, and from circumstances over 
which we have no control and in which we must recog- 
nise the hand of God. We read that while our fathers, 
the children of Israel, were wandering in the wilderness, 
from time to time God called them to move the place of 
his rest ; that when the ark of God rested, the tabernacle 

24 



REMOVING THE COXSECRATIOX FROM A CHURCH. 25 

was set up and the people cried out, Return, O Lord, 
unto the many thousands of Israel; and again, when the 
ark moved forward, and its former place returned again 
to its wildness, Moses, the servant of God, said. Arise, O 
Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them 
also that hate thee flee before thee. And so at the bid- 
ding of the Lord they stood still, and at the bidding of 
the Lord they moved forward. Doubt ye not, therefore, 
that it is at the bidding of the Lord that we have removed 
the Altar of God out of his place in this Church and have 
gone forward to a new resting place. In this matter we 
have acted with due care and deliberation, nor have we 
trusted to our own judgment alone, but have summoned 
our council of advice and have obtained their consent in 
accordance with the Canons of the Church in this par- 
ticular provided. Kow, therefore, we, N., by divine per- 
mission Bishop of N., do declare that this Church of iV., 
once duly dedicated and consecrated to the divine wor- 
ship of Almighty God, has by virtue of the removal of 
the Altar of God therefrom, and of this our sentence, lost 
said dedication and consecration ; and moreover, that it 
is deprived and we do hereby deprive it by this our sen- 
tence, of all rights, privileges and immunities, attached 
to a consecrated building. And this our sentence, we do 

solemnly deliver and promulgate this day of 

, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

: In the Name of the Father, and of 

the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



IT Then shall he said or sung Exsurgat Deus (Psalm 68) : 

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered : let 
them also that hate him flee before him. 

Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them 
away : and like as wax melteth at the flre, so let the un- 
godly perish at the presence of God. 

But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God : 
let them also be merry and joyful. 

O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his i^ame : 
magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were 
upon an horse : praise him in his Name JAH, and rejoice 
before him. 

He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the 
cause of the widows : even God in his holy habitation. 



26 THE BOOK OP OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 

He is the God that maketh men to be oi one mind in 
an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity ^ 
but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 

O God, when thou wentest forth before the people • 
when thou wentest through the wilderness, 

The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the pres- 
ence of God : even as Sinai also was moved at the pres- 
ence of God, who is the God of Israel. 

Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inher- 
itance : and refreshedst it when it was weary. 

Thy congregation shall dwell therein : for thou, O God, 
hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 

The Lord gave the word : great was the company of 
the preachers. 

Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited : 
and they of the household divided the spoil. 

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be 
as the wings of a dove : that is covered with silver wings,, 
and her feathei^s like gold. 

When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake 
then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 

As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill : even an high 
hill, as the hill of Basan. 

Why hop ye so, ye high hills ? this is God's hill, in the 
which it pleaseth him to dwell : yea, the Lord will abide 
in it for ever. 

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thou- 
sands of angels : and the Lord is among them as in the 
holy place of Sinai. 

Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity cap- 
tive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thina 
enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 

Praised be the Lord daily : even the God who helpeth 
us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 

He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salva- 
tion : God is the Lord, by whom we escape death. 

God shall wound the head of his enemies : and the 
hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wicked- 
ness. 

The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as I 
did from Basan : mine own will I bring again, as I did 
sometime from the deep of the sea. 

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine ene- 
mies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through 
the same. 

It is well seen, O God, how thou goest : how thou, my 
God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 

The singers go before, the minstrels follow after : in 
the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 

Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the con- 
gregations : from the ground of the heart. 

There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of 



REMOVING THE CONSECRATION FROM A CHURCH. 27 

Judah their council : the princes of Zabulon, and the 
princes of Nephthali. 

Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee : stablish 
the thing, O God, that thou hast wrougfht in us. 

For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem : so shall kings 
bring presents unto thee. 

When the company of the spearmen and multitude of 
the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the 
people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver : and 
when he hath scattered the people that delight in war; 

Then shall the princes come out of Egypt : the Mori- 
ans' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 

Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth : O sing 
praises unto the Lord ; 

Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the begin- 
ning : lo, he doth send out his voice ; yea, and that a 
mighty voice. 

Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel : his worship 
and strength is in the clouds. 

O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places : even 
the God of Israel, he will give strength and power unto 
his people. Blessed be God. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the 
Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: 
world without end. Amen. 



^ Then shall the Bishop, or some Priest appointed by him, 
say: 

The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

Let us pray. 

H Here all shall kneel, the Bishop facing the people. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is 
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliv- 
er us from evil. Amen. 

Bishop. O Lord, save thy servants. 
Answer. That put their trust in thee. 



2'8 THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 



Bishop. Send unto them help from above. 
Answer. And evermore mightily defend them. 
Bishop, Help us, O God our Saviour. 
Answer. And for the glory of thy Name deliver us; 
be merciful to us sinners, for thy Name's sake. 
Bishop. O Lord, hear our prayer. 
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. 

Bishop. 
Let us pray. 

O Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, 
and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee ; that 
they, whose consciences by sin are accused, by thy merci- 
ful pardon may be absolved; through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

O most mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast 
compassion upon all men, and who wouldest not the 
death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from 
his sin, and be saved ; Mercifully forgive us our tres- 
passes ; receive and comfort us, who are grieved and 
wearied with the burden of our sins. Thy property is 
always to have mercy ; to thee only it appertaineth to 
forgive sins. Spare us therefore, good Lord, spare thy 
people, whom thou hast redeemed ; enter not into judg- 
ment with thy servants, who are vile earth, and miserable 
sinners ; but so turn thine anger from us, who meekly 
acknowledge our vileness, and truly repent us of our 
faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, that 
we may ever live with thee in the world to come ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

^ Then shall the People say this that followeth, after the 
Minister. 

Turn thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. 
Be favourable, O Lord, Be favourable to thy people, Who 
turn to thee in weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou 
art a merciful God, Full of compassion. Long-suffering, 
and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve pun- 
ishment, And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare 



REMOVING THE CONSECRATION FROM A CHURCH. 29 

thy people, good Lord, spare them. And let not thine her- 
itage be brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy 
mercy is great, And after the multitude of thy mercies 
look upon us ; Through the merits and mediation of thy 
blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

IT Then shall the Bishop {still kneeling) say : 

The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord lift up the 
iight of his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now 
-and for evermore. Amen. 



A FORM AND MANNER OF 

ADMITTIIS^G LAY READERS. 



^ WTien the day appointed is come {Morning Prayer hav-^ 
ing been already said), there shall be presented unto th& 
Bishop, sitting in his chair in front of the Holy Tahle^. 
such as he shall desire to admit as Readers, each of them 
being habitecl, in a Cassock and Surplice, and the Bishoj> 
shall examine every one of them, in the presence of the 
people, after this manner following, both they and alt 
the people standing. 

The Bishop. Do you unfeignedly believe that the 
Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the- 
Word of God, and that the same God is the author of 
both? 

Ansv)er, I do believe so. 

The Bishop. Do you believe all that the Church of 
God teaches as touching the Blessed Trinity, and the In- 
carnation of our Lord Jesus Christ by the operation of 
the Holy Ghost and of the Yirgin Mary, as well as touch- 
ing the Divine Spirit, and his Grace given in the H0I7 
Sacraments ? 

Answer. I do believe it. 

The Bishop. Do you believe in the resurrection of tha 
flesh, and that the endless joy or misery of all men will be 
according to the works done in the body during the time 
of this life ? 

Amwer. I do believe so. 

The Bishop. Will you diligently read the Book of 
Common Prayer unto the people assembled in the Churchy 
as you shall receive direction from us ? 

Answer. I will. 

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ADMITTING LAY READERS. 



31 



The Bishop. Will you reverently obey us, your Bishop , 
and other chief ministers, who by our appointment may 
have the rule over you ? 

Answer. I will endeavour so to do, the Lord being my 
helper. 

^ Then the Bishop shall say unto them asfolloioeth : 

Dearly beloved, who are to be admitted as Eeaders in 
the House of our God, we call upon you to know the 
holiness of that office, and to fulfil it with all reverence 
and godly fear. For our God is a mighty God, who will 
pour down upon you his grace that ye may go on to per- 
fection. 

It appertaineth to a Eeader to say in the Church the 
offices of Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, and the 
Litany; to exhort or read Sermons subject to the direc- 
tion of the Bishop, and (as any other Christian) in cases 
of necessity, when no clergyman may be had, to baptize, 
and to bury the dead. Study, therefore, beloved, the 
Word of God, especially the holy Lessons which ye shall 
be called upon to read to the faithful, that ye may do so 
distinctly and clearly, that your ministry may be to edifi- 
cation ; Sjpd take good heed, lest from your haste or lack 
of care, the truth of the Divine Lessons should fail to 
nourish them that hear you. Moreover, what ye shall 
read with the mouth, that also believe in the heart and 
show forth in the life ; that your hearers may be taught 
as well by your example as by your reading. 

And as ye are set in an high place in the Church, that 
your voice may be heard of all men, so ought ye to study 
to hold an high place likewise in all godly conversation, 
that ye may be models of holy living ; to the attaining of 
which may God bestow upon you his heavenly grace. 

^ Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them, kneel- 
ing before him, the Book of Common Prayer {which 
each of them shall touch with the right hand), saying : 

Take thou authority to execute the office of a Eeader 
of the Word of God and of the prayers of his Church, to. 
his greater glory and to the edifying of his faithful 
children. 



32 THE BOOK OF OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES. 

When all ham been admitted, the Bishop shall stand up 
and say to the people : 

Dearly beloved brethren, let us pray Almighty God, 
our heavenly Father, that of his great mercy he will pour 
his blessing upon these his servants, whom he has called 
to the office of Readers, that both by their life and read- 
ing they may glorify his holy Name ; through our Lord 
Jesus Christ his only Son, who with him liveth and reign- 
eth in the unity of the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world 
without end. A^nen. 

^ Then still facing the kneeling Readers he shall say {the 
people also kneeling) : 

O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God, 
vouchsafe to bless these thy servants in their office of 
Readers, that they may be diligent in their reading to thy 
people, and may in their lives so set forth the beauty of 
the things they read, that they may be for examples of 
holiness in thy Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
thy Son, who with thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of 
the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen. 

IT Then shall follow the Litany and the Holy Cofhmunion 
or else (if the Bishop so elect) he shall simply add the 
Lord's Prayer and give them his blessing. 

IT The foregoing Service shall not he used more than once 
for the same person, hut should any Reader he deprived 
of or cease from his office, and afterwards wish to he 
restored, he shall apply to the Bishop for a fresh license. 

IT The Bishop shall instruct the Readers that the continu- 
ance of their office depends upon his pleasure alone, and 
shall give to each of them a license, in the following 
words, which needs renewal at t?ie end of each year: 

N., by divine permission Bishop of N., to our beloved 
and approved in Christ, N., greeting: 

Whereas, you, the said N., were this day admitted by us 
to the office of a Reader in the Church of God. Now, we 
"do, by these presents, give and grant unto you our com- 
mission to perform the office of a Diocesan Reader on the 
conditions and for the purposes set forth in the Canons 



ADMITTING LAY READERS. 



and in our regulations as to Readers in this diocese, en- 
dorsed hereon. And so we commend you to Almighty 
God, whose blessing we humbly pray may rest upon you 
and your work. 

Given under our hand and seal this day of 

, in the year of our Lord one thousand 

, and the year of our Episcopate. 

On the reverse will he printed the following : 

This commission entitles the holder to deliver in 

schools and other rooms [and in consecrated 

and other Churches] such addresses and to 

take such part in Divine Service (not being contrary to 
the Canon Law of the Church) as the Incumbent may 
wish and as the Bishop may approve. 

In the administration of Holy Baptism the Office in 
the Book of Common Prayer shall not be used, but, after 
the Lord's Prayer, water shall immediately be poured 
upon the head of the person to be baptized, while the 
words are said : N., 1 baptize thee in the ^ame of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

This commission is recoverable at the will of the 
Bishop, and must be renewed at the expiration of every 
year, or it becomes void. 



A FOBM FOR THE 

INAUGURATION OF A NEW OROAN. 



IT This form shall not he used for any instrument which 
has been already in use. 

IT The Officiant, standing and facing the organ, shall say : 

Our help is in the Name of the Lord; 
Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. 

Then shall he said or sung (without the organ) Laudate 
Dominum {Psalm 150) : 

O praise God in his holiness : praise him in the firma- 
ment of his power. 

Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to 
his excellent greatness. 

Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : praise him 
upon the lute and harp. 

Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him up- 
on the strings and pipe. 

Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him 
upon the loud cymbals. 

Let everything that hath breath : praise the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the 
Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be ; 
world without end. Amen. 

O praise the Lord with timbrel and pipe. 
Answer. O praise him upon the strings and organs. 
Priest. The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

Priest. 
Let us pray. 

O God, who by thy servant Moses didst bid thy people 
make trumpets and blow therewith over the sacrifices 

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INAUGURATION OF A NEW ORGAN. 



35 



•offered to thy Name ; and also didst will that the children 
of Israel should praise thee with pipes and cymbals. 
Bless, we beseech thee, this organ dedicated to thy wor- 
ship, and grant that as thy faithful on earth rejoice in 
spiritual songs, so likewise they may attain a share in the 
joys of heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, 
who with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, liveth and 
reigneth ever, one God, world without end. Amen. 

Then shall the organ sound for the first time, and Te 
Deum or some other fit Hymn shall he sung. 



A PEOPER 

COLLECT, EPISTLE AND GOSPEL. 



•f[ Licensed for line on the Yearly Festival of such Churches 
and Chapels as ham dedications for which 7io proper. 
Service is appointed. 

The Collect. 

Almighty Uod, we beseech thee to give us all grace 
to remember and provide for our latter end, by a careful, 
studious imitation of thy blessed saint (and martyr) N., 
and all other thy saints and martyrs that have gone 
before us ; That we may be made worthy to receive ben- 
efit by their prayers, which they in common with thy 
Church Catholic offer up unto thee, for that part of it 
here militant, and yet in fight with and danger from the 
flesh. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with 
thee and the Holy Spirit be all honour and glory, world 
without end. Amen.'^ 

For the Epistle. Wisdom iii. 1. 

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God 
and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of 
the unwise they seemed to die; and their departure is 
taken for misery, and their going from us to be utter 
destruction; but they are in peace, for though they be 
punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of im- 
mortality, and having been a little chastised, they shall be 
greatly rewarded ; for God proved them and found them 
worthy for himself. As gold in the furnace hath he tried 
them, and received them as a burnt offering. And in the 



* This prayer was ordered to be used throughout England in 1661, on 
January 30th. 



COLLECT, EPISTLE AXD GOSPEL. 



37 



time of their visitation, they shall shine and run to and 
fro like sparks among the stubble. They shall judge the 
nations, and have dominion over the people, and their 
Lord shall reign forever. 

The Gospel. St. Luke vi. 20. 

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said 
Blessed be ye poor : for your's is the kingdom of God. 
Blessed are ye that hunger now : for ye shall be filled. 
Blessed are ye that weep now : for ye shall laugh. 
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they 
shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach 
you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's 
sake. Kejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for, 
behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like 
manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 



FORMS FOR THE 



BLESSma OF DIVERS OBJECTS. 



If any Glialice, Paten, Font, or any other Oblation or Uten- 
sil for the Church he at any time newly to he presented, the 
Bishop may use these forms following at the Offertory in 
the Communion Service, or at such other time as he shall 
deem convenient. 

^ Before each form the Bishop shall say : 

Our help is in the ^^ame of the Lord. 
Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. 
Bishop. The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 

Bishop. 
Let us pray. 

FOR THE BLESSING OP A FONT. 

O Eternal God, fountain of all purity, bless and sano- 
tify this fountain of waters which thou hast ordained and 
constituted for the mystical washing away of sin ; and 
grant unto all them who shall come hither to be presented 
unto thee and to be washed in this Lavatory, that they 
may receive the baptism of the Spirit, and may have a 
title and portion in repentance, remission of sins and all 
the promises of the Gospel, that they may not only have 
the washing of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a 
good conscience towards God ; that they, dying unto sin 
and being buried with Christ in his death, may live unto 
righteousness and become thy disciples in an unreprovable 
faith and a perfect obedience, and at last may partake of 
the Resurrection of thy Son to eternal life, through the 
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



BLESSIKG OF DIVERS OBJECTS. 



39 



FOE THE CONSECKATION OF AN ALTAR. 

^ This Prayer following can he said only by the Bishop 
himself. 

O Eternal God, who in an infinite mercy to mankind 
didst send thy holy Son to be a sacrifice for our sins and 
the food of our souls, the author and finisher of our faith 
and the great Minister of eternal glory ; who also sitteth 
at thy right hand, and upon the heavenly altar perpetu- 
ally presents to thee the eternal Sacrifice once for all 
finished upon the cross ; Be present now, we pray thee, 
with thy servants. Bless, sanctify and consecrate this 
altar which we humbly have provided for the perform- 
ance of this great Ministry, according to our duty and 
our Lord's commandment. Grant that the oblations 
which shall be presented on this Table may be acceptable 
unto thee and become unto thy servants a savour of life 
unto life. Grant that all who shall partake of this Table 
may indeed hunger after the bread of life, and thirst for 
the wine of elect souls. Let no hand of any that shall 
betray thee be ever upon this Table ; let no impure tongue 
ev er taste of the holy Body and Blood of thy dear Son ; 
but let all that come hither to receive these mysteries 
come with prepared hearts, and with penitent souls, and 
loving desires, and partaking of the Lord Jesus receive all 
the beuefits of his Passion. Grant this for his sake, who 
is the Priest and the Sacrifice, the Feed?er and the Food, 
the Physician and the Physic of our souls, our most blessed 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 



FOPv THE BLESSING OF THE CHALICE, PATEN, 
AND OTHER VESSELS AND UTENSILS. 

O most glorious and eternal God, who makest all 
things by thy power and adornest all things with thy 
bounty, and fillest all things by thy goodness, and sancti- 
flest the hearts and gifts of thy servants by thy Spirit, we 
worship and adore thy glories, who fillest all the world by 



40 THE BOOK OF OTHER KITES A^B CEREMONIES. 

thy Presence and sustainest it by thy Almightiness. We 
love and magnify thy mercies, that thou hast been pleased 
to enable and admit thy servants to offer unto thee these 

and out of thine own store to give gifts to thee 

who givest all that we possess. We humbly pray thee by 
the Death and Passion, by the Resurrection and Ascen- 
sion, and by the glorious Intercession of our Lord, that 
thou wouldest vouchsafe to sanctify these gifts to thy 
service. That which we have blessed, do thou bless ; 
that which we offer, do thou accept; that which we 
place here, do thou visit graciously and for ever, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



FOR THE BLESSING OF A GRAVE. 

^ To he used hy a Priest in such case as the dead are to he 
huried in unaonsecrated ground. 

O Almighty God, who art the guardian of souls, the 
keeper of health and the faith of them that believe, look 
mercifully upon the work of our ministry and grant that 
this grave maybe cleansed, blessed, and sanctified by thee, 
that the body now to be laid therein may rest undisturbed 
until called to enter into eternal joy at the Resurrection 
at the last day ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



These forms are cMefly taken from the Irish Prayer Book of 1736. 



A FOKM FOE A 



SENTENCE OF DEGRADATION OF A 
PRIEST OR DEACON. 



In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen, 

We, iV., by Divine permission Bishop of N., having 
taken cognisance in accordance with the Canons, of the 
crime of n., charged against N., a Presbyter [or Deacon] 
under our jurisdiction, have found him by legitimate 
proofs [or his own confession] guilty of the crime so 
charged against him ; which crime is both great in itself 
and also injurious to others, and so enormous that not 
only is the Divine Majesty offended thereby, but also the 
whole community scandalized. As, therefore, he is un- 
worthy of office or of any ecclesiastical benefice, We, by 
the authority of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Ghost, as well as by our own authority, do, by 
these presents, deprive him by a perpetual decree of all 
office and of every ecclesiastical benefice, and do depose 
him from his office of Presbyter [or Deacon] in the Church 
of God, and do pronounce him in fact and in deed deposed 
and degraded according to the Canons in this case pro- 
vided. 

Witness our hand and episcopal seal this 

day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand 

and of our consecration the 



